80 JASMINES. 



been trained up behind them, and the branches 

 allowed to fall over their front in the richest profu 

 sion, curtained back like the entrance of a tent. 

 The effect, during their time of flowering, was re 

 markably elegant. 



When you prune the jasmine, cut the branches, 

 to an eye or bud, just by the place from which the} 

 sprout, and that in such a manner, that the head, 

 when trimmed, should resemble the head of a wil 

 low. This method makes them throw out abun 

 dance of branches and fine flowers. 



Give fresh soil to the jasmine every two years, 

 or they will gradually become weakened in thei: 

 blooms. The secret of having fine flowers, is in 

 keeping up the soil to a regular degree of strength, 

 as the human frame languishes under change of 

 diet, and becomes weakened for want of food. 

 Thus it is with animate and inanimate nature. 



